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PREVENTING THE CREE-PING OF RAILS ON RAILWAY TRAGKQ. No. 512,817.Patent-ed J.a,n.-- 1 6,. 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

AUGUSTUS GROSS, OF SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.

PREVENTING THE CREEPING OF RAILS ON RAILWAY-TRACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,817, dated January16, 1894:.

Application filed April 22, 1883- Serial No. 4571 4267- (No model.)Patented in New South Wales September 27, 1892, No. 4,005: in VictoriaOctober 3, 1892, N0. 10,009: in SouthAnstralia October 10, 1892.110.5,823; inNew Zealand October 10, 1892,No. 5,823: in Italy November 17,1892 No. 33,005, and in Belgium November 18,1892,No.10,063.

To a. whom it may concern.- Be it known thatl, AUGUSTUS GRoss, asubectof the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Sydney, inthe Colony of New South Wales, have invented certain Improvements inAppliances or Apparatus for Preventing the Creeping of Rails onRailway-Tracks, (for which I have obtained a patent in New South Wales,No. 4,005,-dated September 27, 1892; in Victoria, No. 10,009, datedOctober 3, 1892; in South Australia, No. 5,823, dated October 10, 1892;in New Zealand, No. 5,823, dated October 10, 1892; in Italy, No. 33,005,dated November 17, 1892, and in Belgium, N 0. 10,063, dated November 18,1892,) of which the following is a specification. This inventionconsists in providing an adjustable block or stop and securing the sametothe under side of the rail, preferably at the oint, in such a mannerthat the block or stop shall abut against the sleeper and prevent thelongitudinal movement or creeping of the rai In the accompanyingdrawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of the abutting ends of twoadjacent T rails, and shows one mode of securing the block or stop tothe rail. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking toward the left,the rail being in cross section. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the block orstop.

A, is the block or stop itself, which is preferably provided with twoslots at a. This stop A, is secured to the under side of the rail, inany suitable manner. In these figures in the drawings, it is shownbolted to two cheeks B B, that are in their turn secured to the railoutside the fish-plates O O, by means of two bolts 0 0. end A turned toform a flange, which flange shall abut against the sleeper D, in thedirection in which the rail creeps, and will thus prevent anylongitudinal movement of the rail in that direction. The broadened endA, is specially intended to present a large bearing surface, and therebythe stop A will be prevented from burying itself in the sleeper D. Bymeans of the slots a a, and securing bolts a a, the block or stop A, isrendered adjustable in position between the rail and The block orvstopA, has one the sleeper, so as to permit of its being attached to a railthat has already crept.

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively, sectional end View and side elevation ofthe apparatus as stop is somewhat altered, but is identical in principleand operation to the forms previously shown and described, and consistsof a U shaped bar, the arms of which are slotted, to permit of itsadjustment to the rail relative to the sleeper. Figs. 8 and 9 are sideelevation and plan respectively of the abutting ends of two T rails. Inthis case the cheeks B B, are dispensed with and the stop A, bolteddirectly onto the flanges of the rail.

Instead of having the block or stop, rigidly secured to the fish plates,the latter may be provided with a downward extension in which is asocket, into which one end of the block or stop may be introduced whilethe other end of the stop would abut against the sleeper. In this waythe stop would be prevented from falling, by its end that rested in thesocket, andwould at the same time be jammed between the projection ofthe fish plate and the sleeper, the projection on the fish platereceivingthe thrust of the creep. The socket end of the stop may bereadily made adjustable in its socket by any suitable device sothat thestop may be made to fit exactly the space between the projection belowthe rail and the side of the sleeper. This modification is not shown in'the drawings.

By adopting the modifications shown in Figs. 1 and 7 the apparatus maybe attached to an existing line of rails without any alteration beingmade to the fish-plates, to the rails, or to the permanent way.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- 1. Alongitudinally adjustable block or stop consistingof a metal plate, that is provided with a broadened end, and withadjustable means for securing it to and below a railway rail, so that,while one end of the stop is rigidly secured to the rail above it, theother or broadened end shall abut against one of the transverse sleepersupon which the rails are laid, as herein set forth.

2. A block or stop that is placed longitudinally below and rigidlysecilred to a railway rail, in such a way that while one end of the stopis secured directly or indirectly to the rail, the other end shall abutagainst the nearest transverse sleeper, so as to prevent the creeping ofthe rail in that direction, the apparatus being provided with slots orother suitable devices whereby the stop may be rendered adjustablelongitudinally as herein specified.

3. A longitudinally adjustable stop or block that is so placed below therail, that it shall abut at one end against the sleeper and at the otherend against a projection on the fishplates or other suitable attachmentto the rail, the said stop being supported in position by the same asherein specified.

4. lhe combination with downwardly projecting cheeks or other similarplates in con nection with the joints of railway rails, of alongitudinally adjustable block or stop, one end of which shall beheldby the downwardly projecting cheeks, while the other end shall abutagainst the nearest transverse sleeper in the direction of the creep itis desired to prevent as herein set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUSTUS GROSS.

Witnesses:

J. S. WHITELooKE, P. FAREBROTHER.

